Dirigible headlight.



. P. FOX.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLGHT. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 16, 1911.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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OF CHEMNITZ, GERMAY, ASSIGNOR GF ONEJIALF TO OTTO BEIMANN, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

DIRIGIBLE HEAZDIIGHT.

' Be it known that l, JOSEPH PATRICK Fox, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chemnitz, Germany, with postoilce laddress 69 'Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvments in Dirigible Head- K lights, of which the following is a specifica tion'. ,y

,Thisinvention relates to mechanism for adgusting the lamps of power driven ve' l=vehicle is stationary.

The mechanism is distinguished 4from known devices serving similar purposes in that it admits of both the adjustment of the lamps in thedi-rection of travel for the time being by Ameansof the steering gear and also detlecting' the lamps by hand by the` steering gear-, .while traveling, or when the They arran rement 1s .fsuch that, in the latter instance t e lamps A can either hel arrested in their middle positin, or be turned laterally,` or tilted as defsired by hand.-

Important objects of the invention are to provide that Awhen traveling by day or through lighted streets, that is to say when it is not necessary to control the position of the lamps, it is 7possible both conveniently to disconnect theadjustin mechanism from the` steeringgear and a so fto deflect the lamps byhand when traveling at night for the purpose oforientation, 2'. e. by illuminating the mile stones, sign posts, the house numbers, etc. These ends arejppfttained by deriving the motion for the la I steering-wheel or from a party fthe steering-gear located near the drivers seat with the aid of' a detachable clutch. In a preferrjed form of the invention this clutch is in the form of a lever pivotallyattached on the one hand to a part of the adjusting mechanism and on the other hand detachably attacli-,il to the steering-wheel, or other `snit-able part of the steering gear within v tionI'isv :representedbyfway ofl example in A the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Fi are 1. isla sectionv through the steering whee and'steering column and shows the v Specification of Letters Patent. Application inea June 1e, 1911. serial no. 633,581.4 gf g s l Il .om l,t w, l E

, mechanism for throwing the adjusting d- Patented Sep-t. 17, 1912.

vice into and out of gear. Fig. 2 is a top view of the front part of a motor'car showing rotatably mounted lamps on the vehicle,

steering mechanism.

Vand connections between the lampsl andthe Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1. the i lever 1 is pivotally connected to a sleeve 2,

or to a bracket like. extension 2'* thereof, by which the lamps are driven. For coupling the slecvewith the steering wheel the outer end 3 of the lever 1 is used, its shape being -clearly shown in Fig. 1. The` end 3 offthe lever embraces a spoke .4 of the steering wheel 5 in such a manner that it can be'70 easily disconnected. l

ln the position shown in the drawings the lever 1 islrmly pressed against the sioke l by the spring 6 arranged about the pin 7.

When the clutch is disengaged z'. e. the lever 75 1`.'is rocked, downward, this spring slides over a suitably shaped shoulder 8 on the hinges 8-9 of the lever 1 and when the lever has arrived in its vertical position,

lies behind a curved projection 8b of the 80 I end .8 of thelever, whereby the lever is again locked. .v

The lever 1 is preferably made of spring steel so that the clutch can be automatically disengaged when excessive resistance occurs in consequence of parte of themeehanism for adjusting the lamps jamming. In this manner, or otherwise, by similar arrangeM ment, all danger to the occupants of the vehicle, owing to 'the mechanism for ad- 90 iusting the lamps breaking down, is avoided.

n order, in the latter instance, that the lever arm 1 cannotjump between the spokes ,of the steering wheel,` set screw 10 is provided abutting against the extension 2a of lthe sleeve 2.

`VVhen the clutch lever 1 is rocked downward out of the position in the drawing into its vertical position, the adjusting mechanism is disengaged from the steering gear and the lamps remain arrested in their middle position. Obviously the lever can be actuated by hand in every intermediate position in a convenient manner for'turmng the lamps. llt the lamps are. tobe arrested after the lever '1 has been disengaged from the steering wheel, the same can take placeV n-the., lowered position of the leverljby hooking its outer end into a suitable hole 11 in the fixed steering lcolumn 11.

ber adapted to be For the transmission of motion from the detachable lever to the lamps, I interpose suitable transmission members and gearing at any suitable place in the transmission mechanism. 'This gearing may levers, screws, pulleys, toothed gears, or the like, and the transmissionymay be tubes, shafts, ropes, flexible shafts, cables or the like. Ina preferred form ofV the invention as 'shown in Fig. 2 thev transmission of motion from the steering gear; or from the detachable clutch lever l tube 2b, to the rotatably mounted lamps' 1194*13-le and 15 is arranged for by means of cables or the like 16 which are Wound around the tube 2"of the steering gear and around the turningshafts 17 to which the lamps are fixed. The diameter of that part of the shafts 17. around Which the cables are Wound will. determine the angle atwvhich each lamp Will be turned.

claim: i s

l, ln means for adjusting the lamps of motor` driven vehicles in various directions, the combination, with the steering-gear and rotatably ,mounted lamps on the vehicle ot meansadapted to be detachably connected with and driven by a part of the steeringm gear Within reach of the drivers seat for adjusting the position oi' the lamps by' the motion of the steeringgear or manually iii* dependent of it.

Q. In ineens for adjusting the lamps o motor-driven vehicles in various directions,

the combination, With the steering-gear and' rotatably mounted'lamps on the' vehicle, of;

means comprising a detachable clutch meindriven both by a part oi the steering-gear Within reach of the driversseat and by hand from the drivel-s seat- -for adjusting the position of the lamps and holdingthem stationary.

comprise poemes l 3. ln means for adjusting the lights of motor driven vehicles in various directions the combination, with the steering-gear an Vilotatably mounted lights on the vehicle, of

means "controllable from thev drivers .-seat, conneeting the lightswith the steering-gear,

lsaid means comprising aV resilient clutch member automatically and mangauynd tachable. i i. i

4. In'means for adjustingthe of v motor driven@ 4hicles in various directlons, the combination, with the steering-column having a steering-wheel, a transmission member and rotatably mounted lamps-'on the vehicle, of means for adjustingthefpo i sition of thelamps, comprising a lever lia'v.-

ing one end pivotally connected Withthe A transmission 'member 2 for controlling'fthe lamps and thej otherkend detachablyjci'in-V nected with the steering-Wheel.`

5. Infmeaos oradjusting thev lamps off motor driven' vehicles in various directions, the combination, with thefsteering-colnmn, having a member and rotatably mounted lamps -oii the vehicle, of means for adjusting the posit-ion of the lamps, comprising a resilient lever having one end pivote-ily, connected with the transmission member 2 #forv controlling the lamps and the other Aend normally detachee-u,

connected with the steerv steeringlvvheel, a tiansi'nission.-l i

ing-wheel, and a spring normally holdingl the lever in position, said lever being adaptbeen disengaged from the steering-Wheel.

ln testimony whereof, allix my signature in the presence '-ot'two Witnesses.

JOSEPH PATRICK FOX. Y

lif'vitnesses:A

KURT SINGER, @miner RICH.

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